What’s more valuable than gold? First Fairtrade and Fairmined gold is celebrating its first anniversary. The Fairtrade Foundation, which certifies the gold, has announced that 350kg per year of gold will soon be available to jewellers, with more to follow. In the first year of trading, four gold mining organisations have become certified and an … Read more
Mobiado teams up with Aston Martin to release luxury cellphone – Grand Touch Aston Martin Merging state-of-the-art technologies with the tradition of phonemaking innovation High-end car maker Aston Martin released the second mobile phone in partnership with luxury mobile maker Mobiado. The Grand Touch Aston Martin body is precision CNC machined from solid aircraft aluminium … Read more
China Set To Overtake India As Top Gold Market Sales of gold are so relatively unaffected by the economic situation, unlike so many other commodities. India and China continue to believe in both the intrinsic and emotional value of gold jewellery which explains why overall global jewellery demand was resilient despite high gold prices, difficult … Read more
Fine Arts Wohnkultur (based in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) specialises in high-class, high-quality bronze sculptures produced through the traditional wax-casting process (cire perdue) and patinated in different bronze shades. Some sculptures are coated with lasting 24 carat hard gold or silver plating. By refinement with real gemstones like diamonds, rubies, emeralds and others many of Fine Arts … Read more
The wheel can be whatever you want it to be. MAURICE LACROIX – Masterpiece Roue Carrée Seconde Or Rose In 2010, Maurice Lacroix revolutionised the mechanics of time with the invention of a square gear wheel, the first in watchmaking history. The now famous Masterpiece was greeted with acclaim. In 2012 the line continues with … Read more
23-carat cream: new product advocates beauty benefits of gold The skincare treatments containing particles of gold raise the interest in precious metals as beauty enhancers. Using gold on the older skin can slow the ageing process and brighten the complexion. Historians claim ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra slept in a gold mask. And now a new … Read more